Red Rooster Fire
The Red Rooster Fire burned 1,500 acres in Oklahoma, in 2010. It was discovered on August 26, 2010, and contained on August 30, 2010. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2010
- Contained
- August 30, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,743 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.982, -95.396.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,743 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2010, 2:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 2010, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Talihina Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3498409539320100826
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-607957
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Oklahoma in 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Ridge Rd Fire | 3,200 | Dec 20, 2010 | Human |
| Hutchinson Rd Fire | 3,200 | Dec 22, 2010 | Human |
| North Woodward Fire | 3,000 | Apr 9, 2010 | Human |
| Deer Lake Fire | 2,613 | Mar 30, 2010 | Human |
| County Line Fire | 2,300 | Sep 3, 2010 | Human |
| North Mountain Fire | 2,265 | Aug 13, 2010 | Human |
| Tallant Hill Fire | 2,180 | Mar 30, 2010 | Human |
| Gulf Fire | 1,659 | Nov 28, 2010 | Human |
| Pistol Pete Fire | 1,621 | Mar 19, 2010 | Human |
| Airstream Fire | 1,567 | Mar 19, 2010 | Human |
| Lookout Fire | 1,475 | Mar 4, 2010 | Human |
| No Torch Fire | 1,376 | Mar 18, 2010 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.